Alexandra Travis, 25, of Tewksbury Township, has been charged with child endangerment for allegedly driving drunk with her 6-year-old son about midnight Thursday in Somerville, police said.File photo

SOMERVILLE — With an alcohol level of more than three times the legal limit, a Hunterdon County woman has been accused of driving drunk with her 6-year-old son at about midnight today in Somerville, police said.

Alexandra Travis, 25, of Tewksbury Township, smelled of alcohol and was slurring her words when borough police found her near the Walgreens on Somerset Street, according to an affidavit filed today in Superior Court. Police were responding to a report of female drunk driver and a small boy in a Penske rental truck, the affidavit states.

Police said they found Travis standing in the parking lot with her son and talking to two men. With her truck idling nearby, Travis told the officers she was looking for the men to help her get gas, the affidavit states.

Travis said she had left her apartment because she was fearful of her husband, the affidavit states. Holding up her right wrist, which was bandaged, Travis indicated she had been injured in a domestic dispute, police said.

According to the affidavit, Travis said she took her son with her “because he is ‘impressionable.’” She repeatedly said she had driven the truck with her son in it, police said.

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Due to her apparent injury, Travis was brought to Somerset Medical Center for treatment, and she agreed to provide blood samples, police said. Those preliminary readings showed that her blood alcohol content was 0.25 percent, more than three times the legal limit of 0.08 percent, according to the affidavit.

When Tewksbury police visited Travis’ apartment, her husband said they had a verbal argument and she took off with their son, the affidavit states. The husband said Travis’ arm injury was from an unrelated incident three days earlier, police said.

Travis’ 6-month-old daughter had been left at the apartment, the affidavit states.

Travis was charged with endangering the welfare of a child. She was sent to Somerset County Jail in lieu of $50,000 bail.